Shutter worker and- fastener



(No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 1.

" D. & W. STEPHENS.

SHUTTER WORKERIAND PASTENER.

No. 392,472. Patented Nov. 6, 1888 KM/7755555 I V I m jk (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. D. & W. STEPHENS. 'SHUTTER WORKER AND FASTENER.

No. 392,472. Paterited Nov. 6, 1888.

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DANIEL STEPHENS AND WILLIAM STEPHENS, OF PORT CARBON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER WORKER AND- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,472, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed June 1, 1888. Serial No. 275,723. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DANIEL STEPHENS and WILLIAM STEPHENS, of Port Carbon, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Inlprovements in a Combined Shutter WVorker and Bolt; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in a combined shutter worker and bolt; and the objects of ourinvention are to pass the shutter-working rod or shaft through a sleeve provided with teeth or cogs at its inner end, and which sleeve is made to operate a bolt which locks the shutters when closed; to provide the shutter-hinge with conical teeth at both of its ends, so as to make the hinges reversible, and to connect the rack-bar and the locking-bar together at their inner ends by means of aspring which automatically engages with and disengages from the rackbar.

Figure l is an edge View of an apparatus embodying our invention. Fig. 2is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation taken from the inner side. Fig. 4 is a detached view showing the spring-connection for uniting the rackbar and the bolt together.

A represents the window-frame, B the window'shutter, and O the shutter-hinge. This hinge is spool shaped at its end and is provided with conical-shaped teeth or cogs at each ofits ends, the teeth or cogs being turned inward toward the center of the hinge in order to make the hinge reversible, and thus enable them to be used upon both sides alike. Vere the teeth made on one end of the hinge only, it would be adapted for use upon but one side of the frame, and hence two kinds would have to be made.

Extending through the window frame from the inner side is a shaft, D, which is provided with conical teeth or cogs E upon its outer end, and which teeth engage with the conical teeth upon one end of the hinge. When this shaft D is made to revolve, it causes the shutter to open and close and to hold it in any desired position without the necessity of raising the sash. This shaft D passes through the sleeve F, which extends partially through the frame from the inner side, and which has teeth or cogs formed upon its inner end, so as to engage with the rack-bar G, which passes horizontally through the frame at right angles to the sleeve F and shaft D. This rack-bar G will be of any desired length, and is supported in a suitable guide, H, which is provided especially for the purpose and secured to the inner side of the window-frame A, and the inner end of this rack Gis made to come in contact with the inner end of the bolt I, which moves horizontally through the keepers J, which are secured to the inner side of the shutter B. This bolt I is made to extend across the inner edges of the two shutters and to catch in suitable guides on the opposite one, and thus bolt the shutters together without the necessity of raising the sash.

In order to connect the inner ends of the rack G and the bolt I together and to limit the inward movement of the bolt I automatically, there is attached to it a spring, 0, which is L- shaped at its inner end, and which is operated by the incline P, formed at the inner upper corner of the inner guide, J. Nhen the rack G is forced by the sleeveF inward against the end of the bolt, the end of the rack forces the bolt outward for the purpose of locking the shutters, and as the inner end of the bolt passes through the inner guide, J, the spring 0, striking against the incline P, is forced downward from its raised position, and thus made to catch between the first two teeth upon the inner end of the rack-bar. The outward movement of the bolt I is not sufficiently great to allow the spring 0 to move through the inner guide, and hence the free end of the springis held down in contact with the upper edge of the rack, as shown. \Vhen the .rack is moved outward by the sleeve F, the spring 0 serves to pull the bolt backward with it until the in- 5 ner end of the bolt has passed through the inner guide, when the free end of the spring snaps upward and catches against the inner edge of the window-frame, both releasing the rack from the bolt and serving to prevent the 10' bolt from being moved any farther backward. As soon as the free end of the spring rises from between the two teeth on the inner end of the rack the spring catches against the side of the window-frame and stops the movement of the bolt as soon as it has unlocked the shutters.

The shaft D and the sleeve F are operated by means of the two handles R S, which are swiveled together and which are adapted to be used in operating allthe shutters in thehonse, thus doing away with the necessity for a sep arate handle for each window. The two handles are swiveled together merely for the purpose of preventing them from becoming detached, and each one can be turned freely without operating or interfering with the other. Vhen the handle S is turned, which is connected to the sleeve F, the sleeve operates the rack and bolt without the necessity of raising the sash, and when the handle R is operated, which is connected to theinner end of the shaft 1), the shutter can be opened or closed without having to raise the sash. \Vhen the shutters are to be opened, the sleeve F is first turned so as to unbolt them, and then the shaft 1) is operated for the purpose of swinging the shutter open to any desired point.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. In a shutter-worker, the combination of a hinge provided with a bevel-gear at each end of its pintle, so as to be reversible, with an operating rod or shaft which extends through the window-frame and has a bevelgear uponits outer end, so as to mesh with the gear on the hinge, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the shutter, the endwise-moving bolt, the rack-bar, and the sleeve provided with teeth for operating the rack,the sleeve being made to extend through the frame and engage with the rack-bar at its outer end, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the operating-sleeve, the rack which engages therewith, the bolt, the shutter provided with guides through which the bolt passes, and a spring for automatically connecting and disconnecting the rack and the bolt, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL STEPHENS. \V I LLlAllT STEPHENS.

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